Can I cut you?

Before heading to lunch, I let kids know what work they were missing (even though it was posted on the chalkboard all day -- with code numbers of course).

Michael: "I didn't think I was missing anything else."
Me: "You are missing your writing piece. You turned in your writing folder, but there was no composition inside."
M: (looks at the grading rubric inside and becomes confused) "Huh?"
Me: "That is the paper I am going to use when I grade it, but I don't have it."
M: (still very confused and now crying)
Me: "I see you are confused?"
M: "Yes."
Me: "Okay. I went to grade your writing piece using this rubric and your small moment story was not in the folder."
M: "Oh, it's in my desk!" (and heads to his desk to get out his paper and turn it in)
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During dismissal today, another teacher came and told me, "One of your students said he was going to cut someone. Jennifer thought I should tell you." I immediately went over and quietly called him over.

Me: "Michael, did you say you were going to cut someone?"
Michael: "No."
Me: "Then why would someone tell me that?"
M: (begins crying to the point that he is difficult to understand, but this is what I think he said) "I didn't say that!" (continues crying for the rest of the conversation)
Me: "Did you say you were going to cut them with scissors?"
M: "No. I said I was going to cut them with a knife."
Me: "What?!? You said you were going to cut them with a knife?"
M: "NO!!"
Me: "Then what did you say?"
M: "I asked if I could cut him?"
Me: "You wanted to cut him?"
M: "Yes?"
Me: "Why would you say something like that?"
M: "Cause I just wanted to get in front of him."